Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Monday slammed the Bihar government over the crumbling health structure, as he cited the CAG's report that had red-flagged the state's poor healthcare facilities as compared to other states.
"Several times we have flagged Bihar's poor health infrastructure and facilities and now the CAG has also pointed out the same. Niti Aayog has also pointed out the state is at a lower infrastructure level as compared to other states," he said.
"As per CAG's report, 69 per cent doctors' posts, 92 per cent nurses' posts and other medical staff are still lying vacant in Bihar. We have already flagged these points during the Assembly session. Now, I want to ask Chief Minister Nitish Kumar whether he would blame Samrat Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya, Akbar or the Harappa period?" the RJD leader added.
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16 वर्षों के CM श्री नीतीश कुमार ICU में भर्ती बिहार की मरणासन्न स्वास्थ्य सेवा के दोषी क्या सम्राट अशोक, चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य, अकबर या फिर हड़प्पा काल को ठहरायेंगे?
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) April 12, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
मुख्यमंत्री जी से तार्किक और तथ्यात्मक सवाल मत पूछना अन्यथा वो ग़ुस्से से लाल-पीला होकर जंगलराज-जंगलराज चिल्लाएँगे।
">16 वर्षों के CM श्री नीतीश कुमार ICU में भर्ती बिहार की मरणासन्न स्वास्थ्य सेवा के दोषी क्या सम्राट अशोक, चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य, अकबर या फिर हड़प्पा काल को ठहरायेंगे?
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) April 12, 2021
मुख्यमंत्री जी से तार्किक और तथ्यात्मक सवाल मत पूछना अन्यथा वो ग़ुस्से से लाल-पीला होकर जंगलराज-जंगलराज चिल्लाएँगे।16 वर्षों के CM श्री नीतीश कुमार ICU में भर्ती बिहार की मरणासन्न स्वास्थ्य सेवा के दोषी क्या सम्राट अशोक, चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य, अकबर या फिर हड़प्पा काल को ठहरायेंगे?
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) April 12, 2021
मुख्यमंत्री जी से तार्किक और तथ्यात्मक सवाल मत पूछना अन्यथा वो ग़ुस्से से लाल-पीला होकर जंगलराज-जंगलराज चिल्लाएँगे।
According to the report, the Bihar government had proposed the opening of 11 medical colleges, 1 dental college and 61 nursing training institutes in the last 10 years but only 2 medical colleges and 2 nursing institutes have been opened so far.
The report further said that 61 per cent more physicians, 69 per cent more dentists and 92 per cent more nurses are still required, while there is a 56 per cent shortfall in teaching faculties in medical colleges.
Besides, the state government did not make use of the 75 per cent allocated funds in the health sector.
Opposition slams Bihar health minister for visiting poll-bound states during pandemic
As four out of five states have concluded the assembly elections recently and the ongoing West Bengal elections, state health minister Mangal Pandey has to frequently move to these states for the campaigning programs. Taking a dig over the matter, Opposition leader RJD MLA Bhai Virendra said that the state has been grappling under the deadly virus and the minister is enjoying somewhere else. The leader further slammed the PMCH authority for issuing a death certificate to a man who was still admitted to the hospital.
